topic Re: 1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how? in Nest Wifi

1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how?

Tietziano — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:36:39 GMT

Gruezi from freezing Zurich,

Unfortunately i was not able to find an answer yet, so any help in solving this is very much appreciated.

Devices:

2 Nest Wifi Router

5 Nest Wifi Access Points

Plan:

1 Wifi spread over two hard wired Routers with each router having several APs.

Why?

1 Wifi for house (router(1) + 3 APs) and Office (Router(2) + 2 APs

Setting up the mesh with 2 routers and 5 APs works, but unfortunately all the APs connect to the primary Router only and the second router is automatically set as an hard-wired AP. Which doesnt solve the problem of covering the office area which is out of wifi range.

I hope the drawing helps a bit

Re: 1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how?

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 08:33:22 GMT

Unfortunately, the way mesh / 802.11s works, it does not travel through ethernet. Meaning, devices close to the 2nd wired nest wifi will still go to the primary nest wifi router for mesh connectivity.

The better slternative here would be to hardwire all devices. Or maybe actually not wiring the 2nd Nest Wifi router, if you don't want to buy more equipment.

There are other topics about this with more info, just search for "nest wifi 802.11s". 🙂 For instance:

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Nest-Wifi/3-Nest-Wifi-routers-and-a-point/m-p/12551/highlight/true#M1139

Re: 1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how?

EdwardT — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:45:34 GMT

Hi folks,

@Anonymous, as always, thanks for helping out — appreciate it!

@Tietziano, how's it going with your Google Nest WiFi? Still need our help?

Thanks,

Edward

Re: 1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how?

EdwardT — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 21:17:06 GMT

HI Tietziano,

It's me again, I wanted to check back in to see if you have other questions and concerns. Feel free to let me know if you do.

Thanks,

Edward

Re: 1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how?

EdwardT — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:09:34 GMT

Hi Tietziano,

Just checking in to make sure that you saw our response. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours.

Thanks,

Edward

Re: 1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how?

Jeff — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:23:26 GMT

Hi, everyone.
Just one quick final check in here since activity has slowed down. We'll be locking the thread in the next 24 hours, but if you still need help, I would be happy to keep it open. If there's more we can do, just let me know.
Thanks.

Re: 1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how?

Jeff — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:43:21 GMT

Hi, everyone.
As we haven't had any activity here recently I'm going to go ahead and close the thread. If you have more to add, feel free to start a new discussion.
Thanks